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Venice, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Silverlake ?

titzer 5y ago
These are vanishingly small postage stamps compared the absolutely vast sprawl that is LA. I mean seriously. Get on the 10 and head east. Let me know when you get outside the sprawl. It'll be over an hour at highway speeds. It's that big. Just the city of LA itself is 503 square miles. Santa Monica is (nominally) 8 square miles--and most of that is not what you are referring to. 3rd street promenade, a few beachfront streets, a few blocks on Wilshire and Santa Monica blvd. I have a feeling you never really drove around LA and appreciated how absolutely massive it is. And here's a nice infographic comparing the density of LA and New York, if you're interested in more than anecdotes: https://www.its.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/05/0506OsgoodEtAL_LANYDensity_Poster.pdf https://www.its.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/05/... TLDR; no, LA is not mostly dense, walkable areas. Very far from it.
- vasilipupkin 5y ago
  I don’t live there, but I’ve driven around it. Just saying, it’s possible to get by without absolutely having to drive to get a cup of coffee or a bite to eat at least in some parts of LA. If that’s important to you, you can live in those parts. Most people actually don’t care about that at all. So, having to drive everywhere is not a problem for them.
  - titzer 5y ago
    Well, I lived in LA for 4 years and walkable is one of the least applicable adjectives I can think of. I enjoyed LA but chose to leave.
    - vasilipupkin 5y ago
      How many neighborhoods in LA have a walkability score high enough where most errands can be accomplished on foot ? Quite a few, right? This list has 10 and doesn’t even mention all of them https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rent.com/blog/four-walkable-los-angeles-neighborhoods/%3famp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rent.com/blog/four-walkable... This one is a better list https://www.walkscore.com/CA/Los_Angeles https://www.walkscore.com/CA/Los_Angeles

These are vanishingly small postage stamps compared the absolutely vast sprawl that is LA. I mean seriously. Get on the 10 and head east. Let me know when you get outside the sprawl. It'll be over an hour at highway speeds. It's that big. Just the city of LA itself is 503 square miles. Santa Monica is (nominally) 8 square miles--and most of that is not what you are referring to. 3rd street promenade, a few beachfront streets, a few blocks on Wilshire and Santa Monica blvd. I have a feeling you never really drove around LA and appreciated how absolutely massive it is. And here's a nice infographic comparing the density of LA and New York, if you're interested in more than anecdotes: https://www.its.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/05/0506OsgoodEtAL_LANYDensity_Poster.pdf https://www.its.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/05/... TLDR; no, LA is not mostly dense, walkable areas. Very far from it.

vasilipupkin 5y ago
I don’t live there, but I’ve driven around it. Just saying, it’s possible to get by without absolutely having to drive to get a cup of coffee or a bite to eat at least in some parts of LA. If that’s important to you, you can live in those parts. Most people actually don’t care about that at all. So, having to drive everywhere is not a problem for them.
- titzer 5y ago
  Well, I lived in LA for 4 years and walkable is one of the least applicable adjectives I can think of. I enjoyed LA but chose to leave.
  - vasilipupkin 5y ago
    How many neighborhoods in LA have a walkability score high enough where most errands can be accomplished on foot ? Quite a few, right? This list has 10 and doesn’t even mention all of them https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rent.com/blog/four-walkable-los-angeles-neighborhoods/%3famp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rent.com/blog/four-walkable... This one is a better list https://www.walkscore.com/CA/Los_Angeles https://www.walkscore.com/CA/Los_Angeles